Michael Lockwood Crouch (born May 17, 1984, in Austin, Texas)
is an American
voice actor
Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talen ...
. He has recorded over 300 audiobooks, through which he received 29
Earphone Awards, 2
Audie Awards
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, 1 Voice Arts Award, and 1
Odyssey Award
The Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production is an annual award conferred by the American Library Association upon the publisher of "the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United State ...
honor.
In June 2021,
''AudioFile'' named him a Golden Voice Narrator.
As an actor, he is best known for his roles on the English-language
''Pokémon'' ''and
Yu-Gi-Oh!
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'' television series''.''
Biography
Crouch was born May 17, 1984, in
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...
.
He earned a
Bachelor of Fine Arts
A Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is a standard undergraduate degree for students for pursuing a professional education in the visual, fine or performing arts. It is also called Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) in some cases.
Background
The Bachelor ...
degree in
Musical Theatre from
Ithaca College
Ithaca College is a private college in Ithaca, New York. It was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music and is set against the backdrop of the city of Ithaca (which is separate from the town), Cayuga Lake, waterfalls, and ...
in 2007.
Crouch began narrating audiobooks in 2013.
He specializes in voicing young adult characters, LGBT fiction and nonfiction, and Southern American literature.
Crouch presently lives in
New York City
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.
Awards and honors
Awards
"Best of" Lists
Voice acting credits
References
External links
Official website
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1984 births
Living people
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
Male actors from Austin, Texas
Ithaca College alumni
21st-century American male actors
Male actors from New York City